China's manufacturing growth rises in April

BEIJING, May 1 (Xinhua) -- China's manufacturing growth continued to rise in April, fresh evidence of better performance in the manufacturing sector, official data showed on Thursday.

The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the manufacturing sector rose to 50.4 last month, up from 50.3 in March, according to a statement jointly released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing.

This is the second consecutive monthly uptick of the widely watched data. The index began to climb in March after three months of declines.

Profits of industrial companies with annual business revenue of more than 20 million yuan (3.25 million U.S. dollars) reached 1.3 trillion yuan from January to March, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said in a statement on Sunday. Full story

BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) -- China's economic growth in the first quarter was within a proper range, so the government will maintain continuity and stability of its macroeconomic policies, the top leadership announced on Friday.

Since the beginning of the year, the country has faced challenges and difficulties head on but the economy has generally had a good start, said a statement released after a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee. Full story